Persuade has dropped their first self-titled EP. Available now on Bandcamp and Spotify (but just like everything else, but it from Bandcamp, come on). Check it out Bandcamp player or preview with the Spotify embed below and click through to either service for more.
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Split Intentions has a new track available, with another soon on the way (‘Break’ coming on June 29th), check it out and follow them on Bandcamp for updates as they work on more material!
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Louisville was lucky to have one of the earlier scenes not only in the region, but in the nation. You may be familiar that history if you have checked out a copy of the Bold Beginnings comp, the White Glove Test book, checked out the LUMA, tracked down early records, or seen some of the other great archives around town. And to that point, Louisville has always had people passionate about preserving a sense of what has been going on. Maybe it’s a desire to show our bigger neighbors what happens here. Maybe it’s just for the love of the music scene and the people that make it up. Maybe we’re a city of hoarders. Regardless, if you were online around 2010 or so, you may have come across a great digital archive of Louisville’s early punk and hardcore history – Louisville Punk – an incomplete archive 1978-84. Curated by Douglas Maxon (Dickbrains, Minnow, more) with help from many folks from those late 70s/early 80s years, the site was a great visual companion to the Bold Beginnings comp. The site had some of the great original flyers from Louisville, as well as photos, zines, artwork, and more. The content was definitely focused on the original 1069 Bardstown Road address that help kick off a lot.
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Knocked Loose will be celebrating the release of You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To with the hometown crowd, heading up a two-night showcase at Paristown hall. Edit: Make that two nights at Paristown and one at Portal. The Portal show will have hometown heroes Two Witnesses, xWeaponx, Gates to Hell, and bring in out of towners Torture. It’s gonna be wild on that smaller stage. The big shows at Paristown will switch off each night, with Division of Mind, White Reaper, and Poison The Well filling out Friday night, while Trash Talk and Superheaven will blast you in the face Saturday night.
Sure to sell out (edit: yup, they all did), grab your tickets ASAP from 502Shows.com.
Evan Patterson (Jay Jayle, Young Widows, so many more) has a new book out and a solo exhibition. The book features 70 b/w pen & ink illustrations. The first 90 will come with a signed and numbered print in either metallic copper or charcoal. The showing will be at the Darby Forever Gallery inside Surface Noise, with an opening on April 5th from 6-9pm. See the artist statement/bio below and if you’re interested in ordering the limited book, check out the listing on Shirt Killer here.
